The Champions (vol. 1) #12 (Mar. 1977):
“Did Someone Say... the Stranger?”
by Bill Mantlo, John Byrne, Bob Layton

The Champions (vol. 1) #12

Title: “Did Someone Say... the Stranger?”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Mar. 1977

Publisher:
Written by: Bill Mantlo
Art by: John Byrne, Bob Layton

17 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Iceman (Bobby Drake)	Jewish Catholic	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Champions; The Defenders; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		1,752
Angel (Warren Worthington III)	Episcopalian	Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Renegades; Secret Defenders; St. Joe's Preparatory School; The Champions; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Force; X-Men; X-Saviours		1,741
Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)	Russian Orthodox Communist (lapsed)	Lady Liberators; Marvel Knights...  The Avengers; The Champions; The Ultimates		1,789
Hercules	Greco-Roman classical religion	Heroes for Hire; Olympian...  Renegades; The Avengers; The Champions		1,029
Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze)	Baptist (nominal); eclectic	Midnight Sons		306
Darkstar (Laynia Petrovna)	Communist Party member; Christian (denomination unknown)	Exiles (Russian); Republican Guard...  Siberforce; The Champions; The People's Protectorate; The Soviet Super-Soldiers; Winter Guard; X-Corporation		116
Black Goliath (Bill Foster)		Project: Pegasus; Secret Avengers...  The Avengers; The Champions		118
Stilt-Man (Wilbur Day)		Emissaries of Evil (Electro); Gang of Four		53
The Possessor (Kamo Tharnn)	quasi-cosmic entity w/ personal obsession	Elders of the Universe		19
The Stranger	pseudo-cosmic entity	[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #11 (May 1965)]		188
Regina Clayborne		black [brought Stranger's Null-Life Bomb to Champions]		3
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (flashback cameo)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd) (flashback cameo)	Zenn-La religion	Heralds of Galactus; Secret Defenders...  Star Masters; The Defenders; The Order; Zenn-Lavian		826
Him (Adam Warlock) (flashback cameo)		Guardians of the Galaxy; Infinity Watch (founder) [savior of worlds]		294
Al B. Harper (flashback cameo)	religious	[sacrificed his life disarming a bomb]		4
Tony Stark (mentioned)  Regina Clayborne tells Black Widow how her boyfriend stole a strange object (Stranger's Null-Life Bomb) from Stark Industries.	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Joltin' Jerry Washington (mentioned)  Regina Clayborne tells Black Widow her boyfriend Jerry Washington was hired by someone to steal a device from Stark Industries. Now he is gone, and all that is left is Stranger's Null-Life Bomb.		[Regina Clayborne's former boyfriend]		2

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